Conference to talk sustainability
UP TO 50 delegates from island communities are heading for Shetland later this month to learn from each other on how to create and implement sustainable development.
The Shetland Sustainable Conference, to be held on 28 April in the NAFC Marine Centre, is part of a three day visit by the partners of the ‘Cradle to Cradle Islands’ project, an initiative funded by the European Union.
The visitors will spend the first two days in meetings at the Saxa Vord resort, on the island of Unst, before relocating to Scalloway for the conference.
Speakers will include project manager Anne de Fries, from the Dutch province of Fryslan, as well as the Danish green guru Søren Hermansen, who has been instrumental in turning the Baltic island of Samsø into a 100 per cent self-sufficient island.
Speakers from Shetland will include marine development officer Mark Weymss, Daniel Aklil from the Pure Energy Centre (PEC) as well as Colin Dickie, the Northmavine powerdown officer.
Organiser Elizabeth Johnson of PEC said last night (Thursday) that they wanted to “add value” to the conference by inviting local people who are interested in sustainability.
She said: “The conference provides people from Shetland with an opportunity, not only to talk about projects currently under way in Shetland, but also to hear about and gain knowledge from projects happening overseas.
“Hopefully the outcome of the conference is to learn from each other and to empower communities in Shetland to increase the uptake in sustainable technologies.”
The three year project started in early 2009 and has 22 partners reaching from the Lofoten Islands in the north to a number of island regions in the southern North Sea and the Baltic.
More information on project can be found at: www.c2cislands.org
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